Central product of D8 and Z4
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Definition
This group of order 16 is defined in the following equivalent ways:
- It is the central product of the dihedral group of order eight and cyclic group of order four over a common cyclic central subgroup of order two.
- It is the central product of the quaternion group and cyclic group of order four over a common cyclic central subgroup of order two.
It is given by the presentation:
.
Here, is the dihedral group of order eight and
is the cyclic group of order four.
Arithmetic functions
Want to compare and contrast arithmetic function values with other groups of the same order? Check out groups of order 16#Arithmetic functions
Group properties
Property | Satisfied | Explanation | Comment |
---|---|---|---|
Abelian group | No | ![]() ![]() |
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Nilpotent group | Yes | Prime power order implies nilpotent | |
UL-equivalent group | No | Nilpotency class two, but center does not coincide with derived subgroup. | See nilpotent not implies UL-equivalent |
Metacyclic group | No | ||
Supersolvable group | Yes | ||
Solvable group | Yes | Nilpotent implies solvable | |
T-group | No | ![]() ![]() |
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Monolithic group | Yes | Unique minimal normal subgroup of order two | |
One-headed group | No | Seven distinct maximal normal subgroups of order eight | |
Directly indecomposable group | Yes | ||
Centrally indecomposable group | No | ||
Splitting-simple group | No |
Subgroups
Further information: Subgroup structure of central product of D8 and Z4
- The trivial subgroup. Isomorphic to trivial group. (1)
- The subgroup
. This is the unique normal subgroup of order two, and is contained in the center. Isomorphic to cyclic group:Z2. (1)
- The subgroups
,
,
,
. These come in two conjugacy classes of 2-subnormal subgroups, one comprising
and
and the other comprising
and
. However, they are all automorphic subgroups. Isomorphic to cyclic group:Z2. (4)
- The subgroups
and
. These form a single conjugacy class of 2-subnormal subgroups. Isomorphic to cyclic group:Z2. (2)
- The subgroup
of order four. This is the center. Isomorphic to cyclic group:Z4. (1)
- The subgroups
,
and
. These are normal subgroups but are automorphic subgroups: they are related by outer automorphisms. Isomorphic to cyclic group:Z4. (3)
- The subgroup
,
and
. These are all normal subgroups but are related by outer automorphisms. Isomorphic to Klein four-group. (3)
- The subgroup
. This is an isomorph-free subgroup of order eight, containing the three non-characteristic cyclic subgroups of order four. Isomorphic to quaternion group. (3)
- The subgroups
,
and
. These are all normal and related by outer automorphisms. Isomorphic to direct product of Z4 and Z2. (3)
- The subgroups
,
and
. These are all normal and are related by outer automorphisms. Isomorphic to dihedral group:D8. (3)
- The whole group. (1)
GAP implementation
Group ID
This finite group has order 16 and has ID 13 among the groups of order 16 in GAP's SmallGroup library. For context, there are 14 groups of order 16. It can thus be defined using GAP's SmallGroup function as:
SmallGroup(16,13)
For instance, we can use the following assignment in GAP to create the group and name it :
gap> G := SmallGroup(16,13);
Conversely, to check whether a given group is in fact the group we want, we can use GAP's IdGroup function:
IdGroup(G) = [16,13]
or just do:
IdGroup(G)
to have GAP output the group ID, that we can then compare to what we want.